Tag: Spark

Natascha Dea Burdeinei and Tora Estep

Natascha Dea Burdeinei and Tora Estep

Tora Estep “What Lies Beneath” Oil on Canvas Inspiration piece Natascha Dea Burdeinei Response The morphine push didn’t take long. One moment I was holding my lucid and sagacious 92-year-old uncle’s hand, …

 

Pippa Possible and Amy Souza

Pippa Possible and Amy Souza

“I Exist” Pippa Possible Response Nasturtiums By Amy Souza Inspiration piece Certainly vines had been creeping forth in the days prior to my noticing, but it was as if the nasturtiums …

 

Alyscia Cunningham
and Gena Stutzman

Alyscia Cunningham
and Gena Stutzman

Alyscia Cunningham Response Lost Threads By Gena Stutzman Inspiration piece lost threads from your old coat chosen and carried through the air by that hope-filled sparrow contain memories of you particles of you- smiles, loving …

 

Alyscia Cunningham and Brian MacDonald

Alyscia Cunningham and Brian MacDonald

Brian MacDonald Inspiration Piece Spark by Alyscia Cunningham Response At first you grasped me tenderly, Caressed my core vivaciously, Piece-by-piece, created me, To light our cosmic galaxy. Formed my inner soul perfectly, And topped my …

 

Marilyn Ackerman and Adam Cornford

Marilyn Ackerman and Adam Cornford

Marilyn Ackerman Response Geysir By Adam Cornford Inspiration piece Under far cumulus cliffs in a circle of bone soil one vapor plume leans and twists Brief white spurts tease with collapse until ghosts boil ascending Peaked hoods and shoulders warp …

 

Pippa Possible and Tora Estep

Pippa Possible and Tora Estep

Tora Estep “Inspired by Klee” Inspiration piece Below the Surface by Pippa Possible Response Twelve years old, she is strong and lean. Two years old, my little arms drape around …

 

Marilyn Ackerman and
Daniel David Watkins

Marilyn Ackerman and
Daniel David Watkins

Marilyn Ackerman Response Taxue By Daniel David Watkins Inspiration piece One morning, quite a while ago, before Hong Kong became what it is, a horse appeared on the beach, …

 

Annmarie Lockhart and Bridget Fahey O’Brien

Annmarie Lockhart and Bridget Fahey O’Brien

Bridget Fahey O’Brien Rock Climbing Response ABCs By Annmarie Lockhart Inspiration Piece You gave me a sheet of green lined paper with my name ranged across the top and a lopsided heart halfway …

 

Bridget Fahey O’Brien and Annmarie Lockhart

Bridget Fahey O’Brien and Annmarie Lockhart

Bridget Fahey O’Brien Beginning/End Inspiration Piece Star-Crossed By Annmarie Lockhart Response Summer finally remembered to check the calendar. She’s a few weeks late and I can relate. Who can resist the pull of …

 

Greg Lippert and Robert Haydon Jones

Greg Lippert and Robert Haydon Jones

Animated image here: Breathe Breathe by Greg Lippert Inspiration Force of Nature by Robert Haydon Jones Response This is about a heinous, rape-murder. If I were writing this expecting to get money for …

 

Robert Haydon Jones and Greg Lippert

Robert Haydon Jones and Greg Lippert

Flying by Greg Lippert Response Yonder by Robert Haydon Jones Inspiration His first flight happened while he was sleeping – and although he had long nursed a quiet terror of bedtime …

 

Greg Lippert and Robert Haydon Jones

Greg Lippert and Robert Haydon Jones

“It’s been a long day…” by Greg Lippert Inspiration Dog Story by Robert Haydon Jones Response This was way before there was such a thing as I-95, and Jimmy remembered the …

 

Robert Haydon Jones and Greg Lippert

Robert Haydon Jones and Greg Lippert

Perfect Breasts by Greg Lippert Response The Facts of Life by Robert Haydon Jones Inspiration Randy’s wife Helen was a low level assistant producer on one of the six teams that …

 

Greg Lippert and Robert Haydon Jones

Greg Lippert and Robert Haydon Jones

The Pervert Song (click to listen) A song by Greg Lippert Inspiration piece   Stepping into the Renoir By Robert Haydon Jones Response When I was eight, I got pneumonia. For nearly two …

 

Robert Haydon Jones and Greg Lippert

Robert Haydon Jones and Greg Lippert

  Chemo By Greg Lippert Response   The Right Place for Love By Robert Haydon Jones Inspiration Piece Looking back, trying to figure out why the Treatment Kerchief Lady had not responded to …

 

Lisa Eldridge and Kristi Conley-Brockie

Lisa Eldridge and Kristi Conley-Brockie

Kristi Conley-Brockie Once Upon a Bow-Wow Inspiration piece A Sonnet from a Dog to His Mistress Lisa Eldridge Response How long before I met you did I long To hear your gentle …

 

Sandy Coleman and
Annmarie Lockhart

Sandy Coleman and
Annmarie Lockhart

Sandy Coleman Moonlight Lady Collage on canvas Response Waxing and Waning By Annmarie Lockhart Inspiration piece: crescent moon on a clear-sky night she shines center stage in front of a deep dark velvet curtain with a handful …